Iru Ekun Security Network Proves More Effective Than Governor Makinde in Securing Release of Kidnap Victims
The Iru Ekun Security Network, led by Sunday Igboho, successfully secured the release of a pregnant woman, her children, and her sibling from kidnappers in Igboho town on Saturday.
The rescue was achieved through a two-hour ultimatum and direct pressure on Fulani leaders, with Igboho insisting that the family would not pay any ransom.
Moments after the rescue, Sunday Igboho arrived in Igboho with the freed victims and was received with a heroic welcome by jubilant residents, who took to the streets to celebrate the successful operation.
Igboho had earlier stormed the palace of the town’s monarch to issue the ultimatum, accusing suspected kidnappers, allegedly linked to the Fulani community, of abducting the victims in the dead of night and demanding a ransom of N300 million before reducing it to N150 million .
“You can’t be kidnapping in my father’s land and expect me to keep quiet. I’m an original indigene of Igboho land,” Igboho had warned .
In contrast, the schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Oriire Local Government Area on May 15, some of whom are as young as two years old, remain in captivity weeks later, with Governor Seyi Makinde yet to secure their release, despite pleading for patience and ruling out a direct military intervention.
Igboho has publicly expressed his readiness to deploy the Iru Ekun Security Network to flush out the kidnappers from the Old Oyo National Park, but has claimed he was prevented from doing so by the Oyo State Government .
This effectiveness in direct action stands in sharp contrast to what many see as the government’s slow and unsuccessful response.
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This report was originally produced by Ondo Press News.
